Minister Andy Burnham leaves his ‘restricted’ papers on train

CULTURE Secretary Andy Burnham has apologised for leaving a briefcase containing confidential documents on a train.

The blunder triggered a security alert at Euston station yesterday after the documents were found by a passenger and handed in to police.

The documents, believed to be Cabinet papers marked "restricted", were in a briefcase which the Minister had left by mistake. A spokesman for the Culture Secretary said there would now be a review of security procedures in the department, adding: "Andy deeply regrets this breach and realises it is wholly unacceptable."

British Transport Police said: "We have recovered an item of lost property and will be re-uniting it with its owner."